Fall Table Topper

I wore myself out this morning by trying to clean my sewing room.  I bagged up three bags of fabric for friends to pick through and three bags of clothes and stuff for Goodwill!  I was going to make cookies today, but will have to wait until tomorrow.  Sew, here is my first fall quilt.  It is only about 40" but has the beautiful fall colors.

I didn't expect to finish sewing the binding on this topper.  I used Moda's "Sphere".  Love the colors.

My golf partner and I won our match yesterday.  We then had a nice lunch before heading home.  Hope you have a great week end!

RETIREMENT!!!!!!!!

Ladies, today is the first day of my retirement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I am SO HAPPY!!!   I promised myself that I would clean something every single day.  I shook out all of the scatter rugs, cleaned the upstairs bathtub (that no one uses and is usually pretty dusty), and threw out questionable food from the refrigerator.

I have a golf tournament tomorrow, sew, I did a little practicing with my chipping.  And then finally, sat down at my sewing machine and made a fall table topper.  It is now loaded on the quilter.

I finished sewing the binding on two quilts.  Here are the pictures.  First is my "Carpenter's Star" and the second is a small quilt made with a pattern from Kaye England.

Did I tell you how HAPPY I am!!!

Am I confused or just totally insane?!

How is your week end going?  No golf this weekend, it has been HOT here and my partner can't stand the heat.  Instead, I have been sitting at my sewing machine for 4 days and have had just about enough for a few days!  I have made a "Transformer" quilt, a Christmas present,  a large "Carpenter Star", with Moda's "Sentiment"  and quilted a fall quilt that I made last year.

I still have to make a transformer pillowcase plus the quilting.  But, not today.  I think that I will go make some cookies or something!

July "Prairie Children and Their Quilts"

I finally finished my "Signature Quilt" from Kathleen Tracy's "Prairie Children and Their Quilts" sew along!  I know, that is a mouthful!  I had the top finished for a couple of weeks but just got around to the quilting last night.  Thank you Tilda from Huckleberry Stitches for hosting this monthly sew along!

I still need to throw it in the wash to remove my markings.  I will find out what our August project is tomorrow!

It's Beginning to Look alot like Christmas!

I just finished a Christmas quilt for a little girl who loves horses!  I made a matching pillowcase as well,  Most of the fabric is Riley Blake's "Roundup"!

Her little brother is going to get a "Transformer" quilt!

Flying Geese!

I have wanted to make a simple Red and White Quilt for some time.  I can now cross it off of my "bucket list".  I bought the red 5" squares from Quilt Taffy last year.

Before golf this morning, I thought that I would finish cutting the sashing for a quilt that I am making for a friend at work.  It will be a wonderful Christmas present for her daughter.  I SUDDENLY realized that I had cut it all at 2.25" rather than 2.5".  I just had to trim all the finished blocks by a quarter of an inch  and everything will be fine??!

"Star Table Topper"

I was looking through a stack of quilting magazines and books and found a book with several cute projects. The book is called "Completely Charming" from Whistlepig Creek Productions. So far, I have made three table toppers, one mini and one quilt.  Only one is completely finished but will show you two of three toppers plus the mini!

I think the fabric is by Laundry Basket

Moda "Etchings"

Mini with Moda's "Antique Fair"

"Market Day"

Did you participate in Pam Buda's Sew Along "Market Day".  I love her sew alongs because they are easy and if you miss a week, it is easy to catch up!  All my pictures are crooked today?!

Sew, my machine and I are zooming along this morning.  I am making a "Disappearing Hourglass", from Missouri Quilt Company.

Vacation!

Vacation you ask?!  You are retiring in 15 working days and you are taking vacation,  YES, I am!  And, I am enjoying it.  Plus, it is good practice for things to come!  I have been off since July 3, 2014.  I stayed home for the 4th and went to Everett on Saturday morning to deliver some quilts to my sister and her friend,  My son and daughter in law met us for lunch and then my sister and I hit some of our favorite shops, including "Aunt Mary's" in Smokey Point,  Aunt Mary is offering a beginning embroidery class on August 9th.  I am thinking of going to get a refresher!

The first finished quilt is called "Lucky Stars" , which can be found on Quilt Story!

The next finish is "True Blue" from Minick and Simpson.

And finally, although a bit late, is my Red, White and Blue Pinwheel.

As usual, I have several projects going and will show you some pics when finished.  Oh, my sewing machine was getting louder and louder, sounding like a thrashing machine.  I took it apart and of course, it was loaded with lint.  I vacuumed and oiled it.  It now hums!

Oops, the pics don't really show the quilting on the first two quilts.  I think that I need close ups!

I re-connected  with some cousins on my mother's side of the family yesterday.  There had been an obituary in the Bellingham paper listing someone with my name and birth day and thought that I had passed away.  I am so happy to have "talked" to them.  Thanks Robin for finding me again.

Happy 4th!

Play Time!

I finished quilting and binding my "Prill" quilt today.  I was able to do a little experimenting with my quilting.  I have been practicing different techniques and designs that I found on "You tube"!

It isn't perfect, but I am very pleased!

Red, White and Blue!

I have to tell you that I love red, white and blue quilts.  If I have one, I have a dozen, BUT, when a thought crosses my mind, I will add to the collection.  Here is an optical illusion, sort of, for a new pinwheel.  I changed the directions of the pinwheels for each row (turned the red and blue)  I am going to add a red sashing, and then a blue border.  I do need some help on "How do I quilt this darn thing?"

If you have any design suggestions, please leave a comment!

Fishing?

Good morning,  As usual, I have several projects in various stages and have been trying to "catch" up and finish a few of them.  Here is a nice stack waiting to have the binding stitched.

Here are two that need binding, and both minis
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And my newest project, called "Braid" and is from the newest Fons and Porter "Scrap Quilts".  I am using scraps from my "Swoon" quilt and most of the fabric is Kate Spain.

Happy fishing and "Catch" you later!

Mini Quilt Day

I have a few mini quilts to show you.  The first one is part of a monthly quilt along on Huckleberry Stitches. We are using Kathleen Tracy's book "Prairie Children and Their Quilts" and the first is "Log Cabin".

Mini using Fig Tree Scraps

Mini using Moda's "Hannah"

Doll Quilt from Kathleen Tracy's "American Doll Quilts"

Now, it is down to the dungeon for a few hours!

Sew, Where Have I Been?

Why, she says, I have been sewing and sewing and quilting.  I will catch you up over the next couple of days. I finished my first Xmas quilt of 2014.  My cousin sent me some green Santa fabric covered with coco cola!  Sew, I made her this quilt and two pillow shams. The backing will be the green Santa/Coke fabric.  I will quilt it with something a little modern or some lines?!

I started another Xmas quilt, a large carpenter star.  But, I didn't like the background fabric, sew I ordered something different.  I will post some more pics tomorrow.